As the makers of Horrible Histories bring back old-fashioned puppets with their new series Yonderland, we take a look back at some of our most-loved British TV puppets. Which were your childhood favourites? Let us know in the comments below.

TV’s first superstar was a miniature mule marionette clacking about atop a
grand piano. The bizarrely watchable Muffin’s fame was such that he became a
cultural ambassador sponsored by the British Council. The real star was
presenter/singer Annette Mills (sister of John), to whom Muffin and fellow
puppets - Peregrine the penguin, Oswald the ostrich etc - would silently
whisper their thoughts.

Most likely to: Prance about, vaguely in time, to Mills’s signature
warbling of “We want Muffin”.